NEW DELHI: Raising concerns over the manner in which the sexual harassment allegations against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has been handled by the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), the former India captain and president of Cricket Association of Bengal Sourav Ganguly has written a letter to the cricket-governing body's office-bearers on Tuesday.
Worried over the image of Indian cricket, Ganguly has turned to the three BCCI office-bearers — acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry — to resurrect the image of the board.
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"I write this mail to you all with the deep sense of fear as to where Indian cricket administration is going....Having played the game for a long period of time, where our lives were ruled by winning and losing, and the image of Indian cricket was of paramount importance to us, we wake up looking at how our cricket is faring even now.
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"But with deep sense of worry, (I used the word worry) I beg to state that the way things have gone in the last couple of years, the authority of Indian cricket to the world and the love and belief of millions of fans is on the way down..." Ganguly wrote.
Ganguly, without naming the Board CEO, added: "I don't know how far it's true, but the recent reports of harassment has really made the BCCI look very poorly... more so the way it has been handled... The committee of COA from four has come down to two and now the two seems to be divided."
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Worried over the image of Indian cricket, Ganguly has turned to the three BCCI office-bearers — acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry — to resurrect the image of the board.
READ ALSO: CAB president Ganguly criticises rule changes in domestic cricket
"I write this mail to you all with the deep sense of fear as to where Indian cricket administration is going....Having played the game for a long period of time, where our lives were ruled by winning and losing, and the image of Indian cricket was of paramount importance to us, we wake up looking at how our cricket is faring even now.
READ ALSO: Independent panel probing Rahul Johri must declare no conflict of interest: CoA
"But with deep sense of worry, (I used the word worry) I beg to state that the way things have gone in the last couple of years, the authority of Indian cricket to the world and the love and belief of millions of fans is on the way down..." Ganguly wrote.
Former cricketer and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President Sourav Ganguly writes to BCCI Acting President C… https://t.co/nmZuOVvRAX
— ANI (@ANI) 1540901811000 Ganguly, without naming the Board CEO, added: "I don't know how far it's true, but the recent reports of harassment has really made the BCCI look very poorly... more so the way it has been handled... The committee of COA from four has come down to two and now the two seems to be divided."
Updated: TOI's policy on covering #MeToo
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